Besides you said all your 08 DC's are 32Bit. There's no upgrade path for x32 08 server to x64 08r2, even if your hardware is x64.
-----Original Message----- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 2:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 2008 to R2 adprep (one more question) Me too. Just something about this one has me on edge. :) -----Original Message----- From: N Parr [mailto:npar...@mortonind.com] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 3:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 2008 to R2 adprep (one more question) Most people agree it's best practice to start fresh. -----Original Message----- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 2:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 2008 to R2 adprep (one more question) Does anyone see any problem with bringing my first R2 DC up from scratch rather than upgrading a standard 2008 DC? -----Original Message----- From: Kennedy, Jim Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 3:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 2008 to R2 adprep Got it, thank you's to all three of you. -----Original Message----- From: greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:greg.swe...@actsconsulting.net] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 3:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: 2008 to R2 adprep Make sure you run it from your schema master. Greg Sweers CEO ACTS360.com P.O. Box 1193 Brandon, FLĀ 33509 813-657-0849 Office 813-758-6850 Cell 813-341-1270 Fax -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:mr...@ephrataschools.org] Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 2:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: 2008 to R2 adprep There is a 32 bit version of adprep, and it's on the R2 dvd I believe. Yeah, that bit of info was not apparent. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:kennedy...@elyriaschools.org] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysad...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:50:11 -0700 Subject: 2008 to R2 adprep > I have a native 2008 domain, I want to move to R2 AD. None of my > existing DC's are 64 bit. Do I need to run adprep to go to R2, I would > think so. From where would I run it? > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin